A short note up front:

When in doubt, don’t throw anything away. It is better to deliver tracks that we don’t need than to experience delays locating deleted audio. If you don’t want to hear something during picture editorial, place it on an inactive track in your timeline and move it right along with your edit.

Details:

AAF/OMF matching timecode and sync with the video you are providing.

The AAF should NOT contain effects processing or merged audio.

Dialogue should be raw, unprocessed production sound.

All microphone tracks from original production should be included but “unused” audio can be placed on muted tracks.

There should be 5-second (150-frame) handles on all audio clips wherever possible. Exports with shorter handles may be rejected.

Sync 2-pops included on the main dialogue track.

If production dialogue has been replaced with an alternate take or ADR, please place the director’s preferred version on a higher track (above) the original audio. Include the original for sync purposes.

Music must be on its own track(s) – or in its own AAF/OMF.

A sample rate of 48K is preferred.

In Addition to the AAF, my team will need:

Flattened EDL with each version of the film delivered. See Option 1 under this link for detailed notes on EDL generation.

Production Sound recordings – complete copy of original audio files, preferably on a hard drive